Sample - Word Study Lesson Plan / Weekly Routine (5 Days)

Day 1 – Introduce the Sort

• Students cut apart their sort and practise with a partner.
• Homework – Write sort in their word study notebooks.

Day 2 – Sort and Check

• Students practise sort individually and with a partner.
• Timed speed sort w/ a partner. Record times in Word Study Notebooks.
• Homework – Write sentences with 2 words from each contrast/column.

Day 3 – Reflect / Compare and Declare

• Word Hunt / Record words in Word Study Notebooks
• Teacher explains / models Game/Activity for the sort
• Homework – Write sentences with 2 additional words from each contrast / column. Practice sort.

Day 4 – Extend

• No Peeking Writing Sort (practice test w/ partner)
• Students play Game / Activity for the sort.
• Homework – Practise speed sort w/ an adult – 3 times and record times

Day 5 – Sort & Check / Reflect / Assess

• Beat the Teacher Sort
• Write a summary for the sort in Word Study Notebooks.
• Spelling Test (Homework – Write sentences with any missed words.)

Another Sample Weekly Routine (5 days)

Monday

• Students receive words to cut out and write their initials (or scribble on the back of the sheet).
• Students will complete an “open sort”
• Teacher introduces words, demonstrates sort in a small group.
• Students explain why words are being sorted that way.
• Students take their own words back to their seats and independently replicate the sort.
• They will then write the sort in their word study notebooks.

Tuesday

• Students re-sort words. They will pick 6 words to draw and label.

Wednesday

• Students will sort words with a partner. They will check each other’s work and discuss any difficulties.

Thursday

• Students sort words. They might have a speed sort against the teacher or with a classmate.
• Students perform a word hunt using literature currently being read.

Friday

• Review game or activity using words of the week.
• Spelling Test and Word Sort Assessment.

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http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Words-Their-Way-word-sorting-schedule

Weekly Planning

Here are two excellent examples of weekly planning sheets that can be used to plan the sorts that each group will work on each week: